Former Super Bowl Winner Ben Utecht Suffering Memory Loss At Age 30

Imagine winning a football championship and then wondering if you'll always remember it.

Ben Utecht won a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts and now worries if his life is about to unravel because of memory loss at just 30 years old. Utecht, a father of three who married his college sweetheart, claims he has started suffering episodes of memory loss and thinks it might be a direct result of his NFL career.

The undrafted University of Minnesota product told the USA Today he's very concerned about his health.

"Will I experience early-onset dementia in my 50s? Will I experience more issues with amnesia or headaches or behavioral changes? All of these things are consequences of brain injury. I think now that I'm aware of them -- especially now that I'm the father of three beautiful little girls -- it's definitely in my heart and on my mind. I'd be lying to you if I said it wasn't."

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The USA Today listed two troubling examples of Utecht's memory loss. One day last summer, he told his wife that he couldn't remember why he didn't attend a close friend's wedding years earlier. His wife thought he was joking, but after friends showed wedding photos of him at the event, she knew something wasn't right.

Another time, Utecht put bagels and orange juice out for a business meeting, but nobody showed up to the couple's Maryland home. The meeting had been canceled the night before, but Utecht had forgotten.

"A concussion is not like a shoulder injury or a knee injury. Those are things that heal. This is your personality. It's your character. It's your soul."

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Utecht's wife, Karyn Stordahl, his college sweetheart and a former Miss Minnesota, does her best not to think about her husband's possible memory loss.

"I choose not to think about it on a daily basis," Karyn told USA Today. "My father always tells me, 'Worry is like a rocking chair -- it keeps you busy but it doesn't get you anywhere.'"

While the former Colts player continues to worry about his medical future, he's found work in his other passion of music. Utecht is singing classical crossover as lead male vocalist for pianist Jim Brickman on his 32-city 'A Christmas Celebration' tour. Growing up and playing football, Utecht always had a passion for singing.